The city police department is reviewing a dashboard video of a 20-minute, high-speed chase Saturday night to determine whether the pursuit should have been allowed to continue.The chase followed a traffic stop in Niles in which the driver, identified by police as Harley Tibbs, 28, of South Street, Niles, was pulled over for speeding on U.S. Route 422.But when the Niles police officer approached the 2002 Chevrolet Blazer, Tibbs took off, turned right on state Route 46 and then left on Mines Road, authorities said.By this time, the Niles police officer had been advised by his supervisor to end the pursuit. Officers at that point had information on the owner of the car.The officer followed behind at a distance without lights and siren in order to advise where the vehicle was headed, according to Niles police.A few minutes later, at about 8:30 p.m., the vehicle headed into Warren, where Patrolmen David Weber and John Marks Jr. spotted it on South Street near state Route 169.After traveling a few blocks on South Street, the officers saw fellow officer Detective Sgt. Michael Merritt pulling onto South Street ahead of Tibbs’ vehicle and contacted him to help stop the vehicle.Merritt stopped his police investigations van at a green light at the intersection with Pine Street near the Warren police station, while Weber stopped his cruiser along the left side of the SUV.As Merritt and Marks got out of their vehicles to apprehend Tibbs, Tibbs drove forward, hitting the rear of the police van and driving over the sidewalk to escape into the police department parking lot, Warren police said.The vehicle proceeded north on Park Avenue with Weber in pursuit but Marks no longer in the vehicle. By about that point, Warren police had identified the driver.Twenty minutes later, after a high-speed pursuit that followed Champion Avenue, State Road, Templeton Road, U.S. Route 422, Leavitt Road and several other — mostly rural — roads, Tibbs crashed the SUV at the intersection of Braceville Robinson and Eagle Creek roads in Braceville Township, police said.Capt. Tim Bowers of the Warren police said he had begun to review the videotape and other information on the chase to determine whether officers made the right choice to pursue Tibbs.Weber’s vehicle, which was equipped with a “push bumper,” also crashed into the rear of the SUV, causing a small amount of damage to the cruiser.No injuries were reported, though the Niles policeman reported that he narrowly escaped having his foot run over.Weber gave a brief foot chase for Tibbs but Tibbs was not found. The female passenger in the vehicle, the registered owner of the vehicle, was still inside at the time and told officers she didn’t know why Tibbs fled.Tibbs was arrested Sunday and arraigned in the municipal courts in Niles and Warren on charges including felonious assault, failure to comply, fleeing and eluding, and driving under suspension.He remains in Trumbull County Jail in lieu of bonds totaling $225,000.

<p><b>Supers/Fonts: </b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Story Location: </b> bLOUNT cOUNTY</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>State/Province: </b> Tennessee</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Shot Date: </b> 02/20/2024</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>URL: </b> https://www.wvlt.tv/2024/02/20/blount-county-deputy-shooting-court-preliminary-hearing/</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Notes and Restrictions: </b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Newsource Notes: </b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Story Description: </b></p>\n<p>Elements:</p>\n<p>VO of suspect walking into courtroom, SOT from fellow deputy</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Wire/StoryDescription:</p>\n<p>Kenneth DeHart, the suspect in a shooting that killed a Blount County Sheriffs Office deputy and injured another, appeared in court for a preliminary hearing Tuesday.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The subject of a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Blue Alert, Kenneth DeHart led police on an almost five-day manhunt after BCSO officials said he killed Deputy Greg McCowan and injured Deputy Shelby Eggers during a traffic stop. He was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a gun Tuesday, one week ago.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Previous Coverage: Man accused of killing Blount County deputy caught in Knoxville</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The more than two-hour preliminary hearing began at 9 a.m. with a brief discussion on whether Kenneth DeHart would be given time to hire private counsel.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The public defenders office argued that Kenneth DeHart should be given a few more weeks to hire someone, but the state argued that Kenneth DeHart has had 12 days since the shooting to hire an attorney. The state also argued that Kenneth DeHarts family and friends, who would have known Kenneth DeHart would need an attorney, had the same 12 days to organize counsel.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The court decided not to delay the hearing, siding with the state.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Previous Coverage: Kenneth DeHart, suspect in Blount County deputy shooting, makes first court appearance since arrest</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>To start the preliminary hearing, the prosecution submitted three items into evidence: three charges that showed Kenneth DeHart was a convicted felon on Feb. 8, which apply to his weapon charge. After submitting those three charges, the state called the first witness to the stand: Deputy Eggers.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Eggers, who was shot in the leg during the traffic stop, entered the courtroom in crutches. The deputy spoke with counsel for both the state and the defense, clearing up details about what happened on Feb. 8.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>After clearing up specifics about what training goes into becoming a patrol officer for BCSO, Eggers described what happened directly after she had been shot.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>I fell to the ground immediately, and everything went into slow motion, Eggers said. I took a breath, and I accepted death, because I thought he was going to fire at me again.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>After Eggers spoke with the state, the court showed her and Deputy McCowans body camera footage from the traffic stop and shooting. The footage, which was released by BCSO officials Friday, shows McCowans and Eggers points-of-view during the entire encounter.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The clip shown in the courtroom began with Eggers dashcam showing Kenneth DeHart driving erratically and ended after Kenneth DeHart is shown shooting both deputies. Following the video, Eggers spoke with the defense.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Previous Coverage: Blount County Sheriffs Office releases body camera footage in Deputy Greg McCowans death</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In speaking with the defense, Eggers clarified more about what happened that night and what reasoning she had to think Kenneth DeHart might have been driving under the influence. The defense ended their time by commending Eggers on how she handled the shooting.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>For what its worth deputy, I have no further questions, but I think you handled a difficult situation very well, Kenneth DeHarts public defender said.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Special Agent Maria Cutshaw with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was the next person to take the stand. She spoke with both the state and defense about the specifics of the TBIs investigation into the shooting, including the evidence obtained from the scene.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Things became more heated when the defense asked Cutshaw whether or not she believed that Kenneth DeHart had intended to kill McCowan and Eggers that night, which would imply premeditation.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The state objected to the question, arguing that the defense was asking Cutshaw to speculate on the facts given to the court. The court sided with the state once again, stopping Cutshaw from answering the question, which led the defense to a line of questioning about Kenneth DeHarts behavior.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Specifically, the defense asked Cutshaw whether Kenneth DeHart made threats to either deputies or expressed any desire to harm them before the shooting actually happened. Cutshaw confirmed that the suspect did not. This line of questioning spurred more back-and-forth between the state and defense about whether or not the shooting was premeditated.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The state argued that Kenneth DeHart couldve ended the night with possible charges for being a felon in possession of the gun and having marijuana on his person. Instead, the state argued, Kenneth DeHart made the decision to shoot the two deputies.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>You do not point a gun at two people and pull the trigger with intending to kill them, state counsel said. You do not point a gun and fire at a helpless man on the ground without intending to kill him.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The court decided to continue on the first-degree murder charge, along with the other two charges, moving the case to the Blount County grand jury.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Also arrested and charged in connection to the shooting was Maurice Warren, Kenneth DeHarts girlfriend, Carrie Matthews, and Kenneth DeHarts brother, Marcus DeHart, who were all charged with accessory after the fact.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Station Notes/Scripts:</p>\n<p>"AND DID SOMETHING OCCUR AT THAT POINT IN TIME</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>YES</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>WHAT WAS THAT?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>I WAS SHOT AND SO WAS DEPUTY MCCOWAN</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>DID YOU SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>I WAS ON THE GROUND ALL I HEARD WAS THE GUNSHOTS I DIDNT EVER SEE A GUN</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>WHERE WERE YOU SHOT?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>IN THE LEG</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND AT THIS TIME?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I'D BEEN SHOT IN THE LEG I JUST FELT PAIN IN MY RIGHT THIGH. I KNEW IT WAS SOMEHWERE IN MY THIGH.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>I FELL TO THE GROUND IMMEDIATLEY AND EVERYTHING MOVED IN SLOW MOTION I COULDN'T GET MYSELF UP AND I THOUGHT I TOOK A BREATH AND I ACCEPTED DEATH THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO FIRE AT ME AGAIN. HE HAD AN ADVANTAGE OVER ME HE COULD HAVE SHOT ME AGAIN I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO KILL ME."</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>WERE YOU ABLE TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>YES</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>WHERE WAS THE DEFENDANT AT THIS TIME?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>STILL IN THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>WERE YOU ABLE TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>I RAN BEHIND DEPUTY MCCOWANS CAR AND DREW MY SERVICE WEAPON.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>IS HE STARTED TO MOVE?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>HE STARTED TO MOVE WHEN I WAS AT THE BACK THE VEHICLE PULLING MY WEAPON OUT.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>HE DROVE AROUND A TREE IN THE YARD TO EXIT.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>WHAT DID YOU DO IS HE DRIVING TOWARD YOU?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>HE WAS DRIVING IN MY DIRECTION</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>I FIRED MY SERVICE WEAPON, HE TURNED ON SEVIERVILLE ROAD AND I STILL HAD MY GUN BUT KNEW I COULDNT SHOOT ANYMORE BECAUSE</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>SO YOU FIRED THREE ROUNDS BUT CHOSE NOT TO FIRE ADDITIONAL ROUNDS BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER TRAFFIC BASICALLY?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>RIGHT"</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>-Deputy Shelby Eggers</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VIDEO SHOWS</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VO SCRIPT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SOT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--TAG</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p></p>

Two theft suspects are recovering after police said they stole an ATM from a gas station, lead police on a chase and then crashed over the weekend. Just after midnight Monday, the burglary alarm went off at the Mobile gas station on 12 Mile and Ryan roads. Police officers saw the thieves leaving the gas station in a silver Chevy Malibu and chased them for more than 30 minutes through two counties, including the wrong way on Interstate 75. Warren police released dashcam video of the chase Monday afternoon. "You have the chase, the pursuit, starting right from the beginning from the original location of the breaking and entering to the time that they were taken down and the arrest was made," said Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer. The video shows the people in the car throwing out stolen lottery tickets and cash during the chase and broadsiding another vehicle at McNichols Road and Oakland Street in Detroit. The theft suspects eventually crashed at another gas station and were arrested. The two have been charged with five felony counts including fleeing and eluding police. Both suspects were taken to an area hospital for treatment. They are both expected to be OK and arraigned Tuesday.

POLICE HAVE RELEASED SEVERAL VIDEOS INVOLVING A KENTUCKY MAN WHO PUT UP A 4-DAY STANDOFF WITH POLICE IN 2004. 43-YEAR OLD RUSSELL SUBLETT LED COPS ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE. THE VIDEO PICKS UP WHERE COPS HAVE JUST DEPLOYED STOP STICK TO END THE CHASE. BUT SUBLETT GETS OUT OF HIS CAR, STEALS ANOTHER CAR AND DRIVES TO THE HOME OF A FORMER EMPLOYER. IT'S HERE HE HOLED UP FOR SEVERAL DAYS KEEPING POLICE AT BAY. AT ONE POINT A SWAT TEAM SENDS A ROBOT IN TO TAKE PICTURES AND IT CAPTURES SOME AMAZING VIDEO OF SUBLETT EXCHANGING GUNFIRE WITH THE POLICE AND SHOWING HOW HE GOT SHOT IN THE SHOULDER AND FELL DOWN SOME STEPS. SUBLETT EVENTUALLY SURRENDERED TO POLICE. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY IN 2007 OF FIVE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. NO SENTENCING YET (AS OF 2-19-07).

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Police have released the dash camera video from a 40-minute chase last week. Officers said the incident started near 19th Street and Naismith Drive in Lawrence when the Toyota Celica hit another car and took off. The Toyota driver and police were kicking up dust on dirt roads soon after leaving downtown, and the dash camera video shows the tire tracks where the Celica first went off-road in an effort to lose police and swerve around spike strips. "We tried to deploy stop sticks a couple times. He avoided them. He didn't stop," said Lawrence police Sgt. Mark WarrenThe chase took police along several Douglas and Leavenworth County roads, then circled back on 24 Highway toward Interstate 70. The Toyota went off-road again to get around a police car blocking him, and hopped onto the turnpike at the East Lawrence toll plaza. "It was about a 41-minute chase, and it was longer than we normally see chases last," Warren said. The dash camera video appears to show the Celica dropping car parts along the way, but that didn't seem to slow it down, as police recorded speeds of 90 to 100 mph. The driver, Juaquin Jarado Gutierrez, 25, with his girlfriend in the passenger seat, went over a third set of spike strips before the chase ended near the Kansas Highway 7 ramp from I-70, police said. "Obviously, this person has compounded their problems. Whatever the reason that he initially would've been stopped for, he's compounded them many times," Warren said. Gutierrez was charged with driving while intoxicated, driving without a valid license and various traffic offenses connected to the crash and chase.

Late Thursday afternoon, 9News gained access to video of a Warren County Judge begging and threatening an Ohio State Trooper. Judge James Heath was pulled over in Wilmington in October 2008 after crossing the center line and running a red light. He was charged with drunk driving and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. The drunk driving suspect immediately identified himself to troopers as Judge James Heath of the Warren County Court of Common Pleas. On the tape, the judge tells troopers he's an experienced judge who hears drunk driving cases, and that they will ruin his career and theirs' if they don't simply let him go. It would be the judge himself pleading for the troopers to let him go, even though the cruiser camera caught the Judge's car swerving and running a red light. Troopers arrested the judge after he failed a roadside sobriety test. The judge insisted he had passed, in his judgment, because he hears drunk driving cases from the bench. Troopers offered Judge Heath a breath test, which he refused.Judge: "Don't do this. Please don't do this. Don't do this. It will ruin my career ... it will ruin yours."Trooper: "You're under arrest for OVI."Judge: "Please don't do this. Please, please, please don't do this."Judge: "I can't believe you're doing this."Trooper: "Mr. Heath, stop."Judge: "I'm not Mr. Heath. I'm Judge Heath."Trooper: "I know you are, sir."Judge: "And you know what? I'm done now."Trooper: "I want to get you off the roadway, yes I do. And I've done that. I've done my job."Judge: "Let me call somebody to come pick me up. But don't do this. Don't do this."Trooper: "I've already told you, I did not put you in this position. You put me in this situation."Judge: "No, don't do this. You know what? This is going ... this is horrific. This is horrific."The 46-year-old judge pleased guilty to a reduced charge of reckless driving in December. He avoided a 30-day jail sentence by attending an alcohol treatment program.As a result of the plea, Judge Heath was found not guilty of the original OVI charge .On the tape, Judge Heath says he had nothing to drink and that cancer treatment medication caused his impairment.

Police chased a shoplifting suspect, who they thought was alone in the car, through two communities.Police say the suspect weaved dangerously through traffic at high speeds, ran red lights and stop signs and at one point nearly hit officers.Ontario police say officers spotted the green car Monday evening, moments after Wal-Mart security notified them of a shoplifter.Dash camera video shows the car passing through a red light at an intersection in front of a police car, in which officers immediately turn on their lights and siren and give chase.Trying to get away from police, the driver, identified as 24-year-old Chiquita Toddie of Mansfield, is seen speeding around other cars, crossing the center line. As the car nears the intersection, the driver makes a sudden left turn in front of another vehicle at a traffic light, and then continues to speed away.Mansfield Police Chief Rodney Smith says the officer decided to call off the chase a short time later."The officers made the right decision," Chief Smith tells Fox 8 News, adding that at the time they did not have information that anyone other than Toddie was in the car.Although they were not still chasing the suspect, Chief Smith says the officers watched her turn into a residential street and followed from a distance. Video from the cruisers camera shows the car they were following stopped in a cul-de-sac.As the officers exited their car to try and confront the driver, their camera shows Toddie gunning the car, just missing one of the officers as she again speeds past them and continues into Mansfield.Police in Mansfield had been radioed the description of the car and the driver, which they were successful stopping and then got their biggest surprise.In the car, strapped in a baby carrier, was a 9-month-old child. According to police reports, Toddie was supposed to be babysitting.Investigators say Toddie faces multiple charges. She was being held Monday in the Richland County jail. Police have involved Children Services in the investigation. The child was reportedly returned to the parents unharmed.Chief Smith says they were informed in the initial call from store security that the suspect had a child, but in relaying the description of the car and the suspect to the officers the dispatcher did not tell them about the baby.He tells Fox 8 News it might have increased the urgency of the decision making, but under the circumstances things would probably not have changed much."The officers did what they were supposed to do," he says, referring to their decision to call off the pursuit.

Inside the chimney of the historic log cabin in downtown Warren, police did not find any Christmas cheer...just a burglar who was stuck.  "Hold on buddy," Patrol Officer Brian Martinek said to Richard Kline, moments after they found him inside the chimney.  Warren police got a call a little before two Thursday morning saying a man with no shirt was seen going into the chimney. A few minutes later the man could be heard screaming that he was stuck.  "I'm going to die," Kline yelled to cops. Sgt. Martin Gargas, quickly responded, telling Kline he would be OK.  A few minutes later firefighters arrived with a rope and were able to help police pull Kline to safety, but on the way out of the chimney, Kline's shorts fell off. Even though he was a little cold, he wasn't injured.  And police tell me that this was the second time in four hours that they met up with Kline.  Before finding Kline in the chimney at the log cabin, police were called to apartments on Lodwick, where a man says he believed Kline was trying to break into his apartment.  Cops arrested Kline on an aggravated burglary charge and brought him to the Trumbull County jail.  "The jail refused to take him," Hicks said. A report from the jail, says Kline admitted to taking a prescription pain killer. Jail officials wanted Hicks to be checked by a hospital before having him booked into their facility.  Police then issued him a summons and Kline was released.  A few hours later...he was found in the chimney.  Kline plead not guilty to breaking and entering. He remains in jail on a ten thousand dollar bond and is expected back in court next week.

Two theft suspects are recovering after police said they stole an ATM from a gas station, lead police on a chase and then crashed over the weekend.Just after midnight Monday, the burglary alarm went off at the Mobile gas station on 12 Mile and Ryan roads.Police officers saw the thieves leaving the gas station in a silver Chevy Malibu and chased them for more than 30 minutes through two counties, including the wrong way on Interstate 75."You have the chase, the pursuit, starting right from the beginning from the original location of the breaking and entering to the time that they were taken down and the arrest was made," said Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer.The video shows the people in the car throwing out stolen lottery tickets and cash during the chase and broadsiding another vehicle at McNichols Road and Oakland Street in Detroit.The theft suspects eventually crashed at another gas station and were arrested. The two have been charged with five felony counts including fleeing and eluding police. Both suspects were taken to an area hospital for treatment. They are both expected to be OK and arraigned Tuesday.

Cash bail of $2,100 was set for Warren G. Whitelightning of Crandon, the man who allegedly led police on a high-speed chase through Madison's west after stealing a Krispy Kreme Donut truck when he was drunk early Saturday morning.Whitelightning was officially charged in Dane County Circuit Court today in a criminal complaint alleging several offenses. He is being charged with shoplifting eight giant red hot pickled sausages from the Open Pantry on University Avenue, stealing the doughnut truck, ramming a University of Wisconsin Police car, attempting to elude pursing officers, operating after revocation, his fourth time drunk driving, and a hit and run.Assistant District Attorney Michael Verveer conceded that the scene described in the criminal complaint of several squad cars chasing a donut truck around the west side could elicit laughter from many."Because what you have is two different police agencies chasing the defendant in a stolen Krispy Kreme donut truck with donuts flying out of the back of the truck," he said.But he said the episode, "really is a danger to the community given the great recklessness of this stunt."Verveer said the chase was captured on tape by video cameras in the pursing squad cars and predicted the tapes would hit the popular YouTube web site when they are released to the public. "But the truth of the matter is the defendant could have badly hurt members of the community with his reckless driving."The episode began, according to the criminal complaint, when Whitelightning stumbled into the Open Pantry about 3 a.m. Saturday and went to the aisle where pickled sausages were. As the store clerk watched, Whitelightning pulled his hoodie up over his head and turned his back on the clerk, and dropped a box of the giant pickled sausages on the floor. He next took two six packs of beer and put them on the counter, then turned around. The store clerk took that opportunity to put the beer behind the counter and asked Whitelightning to leave, which he did.Moments later, the clerk and Krispy Kreme driver watched as Whitelightning drove the truck around the parking lot twice then left on University Ave. Police were called.Several officers were involved in a subsequent chase on University Avenue at speeds which at times reached 80 mph on University Avenue and lesser speeds on nearby residential streets.At the corner of Kendall and Chamberlain Avenues, it appeared the truck had stopped. When University Officer Aaron Chapin stopped behind the donut truck, Whitelightning suddenly put the truck in reverse and backed toward Chapin. Chapin could not get out of the way because other officers were approaching, the complaint says, and Whitelightning rammed the truck into the squad car at about 10 to 15 miles per hour. Officer Chapin suffered neck and back injuries in the wreck and was treated at UW Hospital.The chase ended when Whitelightning, going outbound on University in the inbound lane, suddenly crossed a cement median and nearly overturned, then sped on Locust Drive and stopped in a Copps Food parking lot. Whitelightning got out of the truck and lay down in the parking lot until police handcuffed him and put him back on his feet.If convicted of all counts, he would face up to 9 1/2 years in prison on the felonies and an additional 26 months on the misdemeanor counts. Whitelightning also faces several traffic citations.